福建省安溪蓝溪中学2018学年高二上学期英语阅读训练9

2016秋高二英语阅读训练9
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On a cold winter’s night I stopped for gas on my way home from work. I was tired and had a slight 41 .
I worked in a doctor’s office and this was one of those days when the unexpected happened, making the schedule run later than 42 . It seemed I was going to be late 43 home and my husband, being the punctual (准时的) person, would be ready to pronounce me late once again. Maybe 44 I hurried, I could still make it home.
I was heading inside to 45 for my gas when I noticed an older couple at the counter. I heard them asking for 46 to the local hospital. It was the same hospital that I had just 47 half an hour ago.
The young man at the counter was trying to be 48 in explaining how to get there, with two other people giving their own opinions. One of them was 49 trying to give them a whole different route. Just then, I walked over to the couple and said, “Would you like to follow me to the 50 ?”
A look of 51 crossed the woman’s face.
“I’m going right by there,” I said, which wasn’t a lie since I had just made up my mind to do 52 that.
I got in my car and began the journey back. I was trying to watch to be sure they were right 53 me. It took only fifteen minutes to get there as rush hour traffic was beginning to 54 . I felt better than I had all day and my headache was nearly gone.
Later, a s I arrived home, my husband joked, “So you aren’t ever late any more.”
I said, “Sometimes it’s 55 to be late.”
41．A. break B. fever C. cold D. headache
42．A. ordinary B. common C. usual D. unique 43．A. getting B. cooking C. calling D. working
44．A. as B. since C. while D. if 45．A. pay B. change C. wait D. search 46．A. opinions B. trouble C. directions D. money 47．A. reached B. visited C. called D. left 48．A. skilled B. helpful C. experienced D. active
49．A. even B. still C. only D. ever 50．A. station B. office C. hospital D. hotel 51．A. panic B. relief C. sadness D. peace 52．A. partly B. properly C. exactly D. perfectly 53．A. across B. before C. beside D. behind
54．A. go up B. die down C. speed up D. turn down 55．A. possible B. special C. good D. safe
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Oscar the cat seems to have an unnatural ability for predicting when nursing home patients are going to die, by curling up (蜷伏) next to them during their final hours. His accuracy, observed in 25 cases, has led the staff to call family members once he has chosen someone. It usually means the patient has less than four hours to live. “Man y family members take some comfort from it. They appreciate the companionship that the cat provides for their dying loved one,” said Dosa, a doctor and assistant professor of medicine at Brown University.
The 2-year-old cat was adopted as a kitten and grew up in a third-floor dementia
(痴呆) unit at the Steere House Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, where the facility treats people with Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s disease and other illnesses. After about six months, the staff noticed Oscar would make his own rounds, just like the doctors and nurses. He’d smell and observe patients, then sit beside people who would end up dying in a few hours. Dosa said Oscar seems to take his work seriously.
“Oscar is better at predicting death than the people who work here,” s aid Dr. Joan Teno of Brown University, who treats patients at the nursing home and is an expert on care for the terminally ill. She was convinced of Oscar’s talent when he made his 13th correct call. While observing one patient, Teno said she noticed the woman wasn’t eating, was breathing with difficulty and that her legs had a bluish color, signs that often mean death is near. Oscar wouldn’t stay inside the room, though, so Teno thought his streak was broken. Instead, it turned out the doctor’s prediction was roughly 10 hours too early. Sure enough, during the patient’s final two hours, nurses told Teno that Oscar joined the woman at her bedside.
Doctors say most of the people who get a visit from the sweet-faced, gray-and-white cat are so ill that they pro bably don’t know he’s there, so patients aren’t aware he’s a predictor of death. Most families are grateful for the advance warning.
No one’s certain if Oscar’s behavior is scientifically significant or points to a cause. Teno wonders if the cat senses mysterious scents or reads something from the behavior of the nurses who raised him.
56. What makes Oscar the cat so special?
A. He observes the cases of dying patients.
B. He curls up next to the patients.
C. He calls family members to the hospital.
D. He senses when patients are to die.
57. The underlined words “his streak was broken”probably mean ______.
A. his bones were severely injured
B. his magic power stopped working
C. his devotion to work got changed
D. his friendship with patients ended
58. The best title for this passage is “______”.
A. Cats Can Be Used for Looking After Patients
B. Oscar, the Sweet-Faced, Gray-and-White Cat
C. As Death Comes Calling, So Does Oscar the Cat
D. Oscar the Cat, the Best Helper of the Hospital
B
There are probably no people on Earth who like to gossip as much as the British. If prying into （打探）other’s lives were an Olympic sport, then Team GB would surely take the gold medal.
And when the British can’t watch the lives of real people, they have another source of entertainment to fall back on—the soap opera. British soap operas are very different to US TV dramas. For one, they are normally longer running. The two most popular, Coronation Street and East-enders, have been running for 48 and 24 years respectively. Both are broadcast several times a week, so remarkably there have been more than 7,000 episodes of Coronation Street.
The most obvious difference is that, unlike US dramas, the British soap operas focus on the real world. There is little glamour (魅力), the stars are rarely rich, and they normally have boring jobs. Perhaps the appeal is that the lives of the characters often mirror the lives of the audience—but with some drama added. This means the viewer can relate to the characters and feel the pain and happiness they go through on the show.
Because these soap operas last for decades, the cast is ever changing. The shows rarely focus on one or two main characters. Like the real world, people come and go all the time, However, there are exceptions. Coronation Street’s William Roach, 76, has played the role of Ken Barlow since the very first episode of the show in 1960, and he is still a regular.
The choice of which soap opera you follow is often cultural: People from the north of British tend to watch Coronation Street as it is set in Manchester. People from the south generally prefer East-enders, which is set in the east of London. The show is generally considered grittier and is aimed at a younger audience.
59. What is the main different between American dramas and British soap operas?
A. American dramas are longer.
B. British soap operas are longer.
C. American dramas deals with dangerous things.
D. British soap operas deal with real people.
60. Why do British people like to watch such operas?
A. They can find their own life from the operas.
B. They can enjoy the operas in their free time.
C. They can watch the operas for many years.
D. They care about the fate of the characters in the operas.
61. The underlined world “episodes” in the 2nd paragraph probably means ______.
A. plays
B. pages
C. issues
D. parts
62. One characteristic of British operas is that ______.
A. the characters play the same role for a long time.
B. the characters in the play often change
C. people don’t know what will happen next
D. there is only one or two characters in them
C
Want to stay away from colds? Put on a happy face.
Compared to unhappy people, those who are cheerful and relaxed are less likely to suffer from c olds, according to a new study. It’s possible that being happy helps the body fight illnesses, say the researchers from New York University.
“It seems that positive feelings may reduce the danger of illness,” said the study’s chief researcher Sheldon Cohen.
In an earlier study, Cohen found that people who were cheerful and lively caught coughs and colds less often. People who showed feelings were also less likely to tell their doctors that they felt ill.
In this study, Cohen’s interviewed 193 adults every d ay for two weeks. During the interviews, the people were given colds by doctors and had to stay alone in a room for six days.
The results showed that everyone in the study was equally(相等地) likely to get ill. But for people who said they felt happy during the research period, their illnesses are less serious and lasted for a shorter time.
Cohen believes that when people experience positive feelings, their body may produce a chemical that helps fight illness and disease. So if you are worried abut your health, look on the bright side more often.
63. Which of the following was NOT a part of the study?
A. People talked about their feelings every day.
B. People were kept alone for six days.
C. People were given colds by doctors.
D. People were made to feel unhappy.
64. What did the study find?
A. People who felt happy never got ill.
B. People’s feelings didn’t influence their health.
C. People with good feelings became ill more easily.
D. People with positive feelings had less serious illnesses..
65. According to Cohen, which of the following may help fight illnesses?
A. Eating.
B. Crying.
C. Laughing.
D. Sleeping.
66. This passage is a/an .
A. advertisement
B. newspaper report
C. story
D. scientist’s diary
D
Mr. Johnson, aged twenty-three, battled for half an hour to escape from his trapped car yesterday when it landed upside down in three feet of water. Mr. Johnson took the only escape route—through the boot (行李箱).
Mr. Johnson’s car had finished up in a ditch (沟渠) at Romney Marsin, Kent after skidding on ice and hitting a bank. “Fortunately, the water began to come in only slowly,” Mr. Johnson said, “I couldn’t force the doors because they were jammed against the walls of the ditch and dared not open the windows because I knew water would come flooding in.”
Mr. Johnson, a sweet salesman of Sitting Home, Kent, first tried to attract the attention of other motorists by sounding the horn and hammering on the roof and boot. Then he began his struggle to escape.
Later he said, “It was really a half penny that saved my life. It was the only coin I had in my pocket and I used it to unscrew(拧开…的螺丝) the back seat to get into the boot. I hammered desperately with a hammer trying to make someone hear, but no hel p came.”
It took ten minutes to unscrew the seat, and a further five minutes to clear the sweet samples from the boot. Then Mr. Johnson found a wrench(扳钳) and began to work on the boot lock. Fifteen minutes passed by. “It was the only chance I had. Finally it gave, but as soon as I moved the boot lid, the water and mud poured in. I forced the lid down into the mud and scrambled (move with difficulty) as the car filled up.”
His hands and arms were cut and bruised (擦伤). Mr. Johnson got to Beckett Farm nearby, where he was looked after by the farmer’s wife, Mrs. Lucy Bates. Huddled in a blanket, he said, “The thirty minutes seemed like hours.” Only the tips of the car wheels were visible(can be seen), police said last night. The vehicle had sunk into two feet of mud at the bottom of the ditch.
67. What is the best title for this newspaper article?
A.The Story of Mr. Johnson, A Sweet Salesman
B.Car Boot Serve As The Best Escape Route
C.Driver Escaped Through Car Boot
D.The Driver Survived A Terrible Car Accident
68. Which of the following objects is the most important to Mr. Johnson?
A. The hammer.
B. The coin.
C. The screw.
D. The horn.
69. “Finally it gave”(Paragraph 5) means that _______________.
A. luckily the door was torn away in the end
B. at last the wrench went broken
C. the lock came open after all his efforts
D. the chance was lost at the last minute
70. It may be inferred from the passage that _________________.
A. the ditch was along a quiet country road
B. the accident happened on a rainy cold day
C. Mr. Johnson’s car stood on its boot as it fell down
D. the police helped Mr. Johnson get out of the ditch
E
A job is more than a job，especially to the old. “It’s not the money that matters，but the sense of self-worth．”56-year-old Cbeng Wonlan said. So，every day Ms Cheng carries a bag of parcels，letters and documents and does her rounds in North Point. She’s a courier(快递员)
Five years ago, Ms Cheng was a nurse at a private clinic. She had worked there for 30 years but was jobless when the doctor migrated(移居). It was difficult for her to find another job as a nurse. “People do not trust my ability when they learn how old I am，”she said. After two years of searching, she eventually found another nursing job. But then after two years，she quit. Why?
“My colleagues didn’t understand me because of my age. They often asked me ‘You are so old. What are you working for?’ I was very unhappy” She said. So while the rest of her family left for work，she was left to lonely boredom at home .Then her neighbours told her about Employee’s Retraining Board(ERB)offering retraining courses for older people. These courses are specifically designed to encourage older people back to work..
“I was interested in courier work.. I didn’t think my age was a barrier because I was fit.” She said .Upon graduating，Ms Cheng was offered a job by the Speeding Shuttle Courier Service Company. But then Ms Cheng was faced with a conflict：she was caught between honour and employment“I felt embarrassed about ca rrying and delivering letters and parcels.”she said. It took Ms Cheng 24 hours to make up her mind：there was nothing wrong or embarrassing about doing the job. So she went off to work as a courier．
Ms Cheng’s employer is delighted with her responsible atti tude and said．“I hired older people because they were able and reliable .Age is not an important factor but attitude is. Many old people will not run from difficulties but the young ones will.”
71. Why was it difficult for Ms Cheng to find another nursing Job?
A. Nursing clinics were hard to find
B. She found it difficult to trust others
C. People thought she was too old to work
D. People didn’t think she had enough work experience
72. Ms Cheng left her second nursing job because_____.
A. she was bored with changeless jobs
B. it was too difficult
C. she was too old to do the job
D. the other staff made her feel uncomfortable
73. Employee’s Retraining Board is a plan for______ .
A. finding partners for older people
B. teaching new skills to older people for them to work again.
C. training older people to be healthier
D. providing older people with well-paid jobs.
74. We can infer from the last sentence that young people______.
A. are more likely to give up than the older ones
B. are less experienced than the older ones
C. are stronger than the older ones
D. are able and reliable
75. From the text, we can conclude that_______.
A. the life of the old is difficult
B. there is a generation gap between young and old
C. job—hunting is hard for old people
D. the old are respected in society
2016秋高二英语阅读训练9
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56-58 D B C 59-62 D A D B 63-66 DDCB 67-70 CBCA 71-75 CDBAC。